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CDE: a new interdisciplinary university centre
 
The Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) is the University of Bern’s centre for sustainable development research. Founded in 1988 as a part of the Institute of Geography, it became an interdisciplinary university centre in 2009, with the aim of fostering sustainable development-oriented research across various institutes and departments of the University of Bern. read more

Mountain Research and Development Volume 31, Issue 4

​The “energy crisis” has been defined as one of the key issues of a “green economy” and is therefore on the agenda of the Earth Summit Rio +20. This issue of MRD is the third in 10 years that is devoted to sustainable production and use of energy in mountain areas.
17/01/2012
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New book: When the granaries fill up

This publication is a capitalisation on thirty years of collaboration between the Rural Economy Institute responsible for agricultural research in Mali and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. It covers the years 1979-2009 and collates the major achievements of the Agricultural Research Station of Cinzana, Mali and the extension project Capacity Building for Sustainable Agriculture.
29/11/2011
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Lectures: transcultural management and governance in Latin America

Part of the SNSF-financed ProDoc Programme: an inter-disciplinary effort to contribute to the training of graduate students in the social sciences and in cultural studies through workshops, field research, and network building. The first three lectures on this theme will take place 1-2 December 2011 at the University of Bern.
22/11/2011
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New book: Highlands and Drylands

A joint FAO/CDE publication – Highlands and Drylands. Mountains, a source of resilience in arid regions – examines one of the least-known environments in the world. Dryland mountains are of great strategic value to regional and global development – they provide 90% of the freshwater supply to surrounding dry lowlands – and yet they are often overlooked by decision- and policymakers.
18/10/2011
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